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SharpByCoop  Gallery of Handmade Knives

I am privileged to be able to do the work I do, and the opportunity to share and display stunning works is a service and responsibility that I take seriously.

We all know makers can use a healthy dose of good promotion, in any venue that works.

To this end, I wish to run a thread in which I will post a continuum of work that I have finished in my studio from Jan - 2009 and beyond. Some may be duplicates of work posted elsewhere. Feel free to comment, but with the mindset that it is a Gallery thread. Use your best judgment, but speak.

To keep this manageable, I will list a ‘Table of Contents’ on this first page with links to the page/thread of a maker or specific knife. I expect (wish) the dialog to run many pages. I have spoken to Randy and Darby (the mods) about this creation, and they gave me the go ahead.

As time allows, I will post comments on the knives and the makers. In the above series, I just wanted to get them out into the forefront. Each and every one deserves a bit of history or commentary.

And there will be times I can only post and run....

On the Car forums I frequent, the members have lengthy Journal threads which chronicle the improvements and transitions they have made throughout time. This format is how the mods ask the members to keep it organized and relevant. Smart.

Curious how posting the larger web images is going to impact some. It's a balance, between clarity (on my part) and time (on the viewers part). On my end I don't like to 'let the tail wag the dog', so to speak. I like to show images in full clarity.

those are some wonderful pictures Coop. Amazing clarity and they really show the neat bits, as well as the whole, as a complete package exceedingly well
The Root persian styled fighter is amazing, and I've been watching Ouye's knives for the past couple of years. He really has his own language, and it's cool seeing him discover its depth.
Sheesh, now when I go back and look, all those freakin knives are fantastic.

Hill Pearce....

Thanks, guys. I know you will enjoy this, too. It is not as tedious for me to create a complete new thread for every knife I shoot that ultimately deserves to be seen. And so this method will be convenient for me also.

Originally Posted by T.K.C.

Coop, do you have a place that has YOUR personal collection? I would love see the knives that YOU own and carry.

Hi Suzanne. Funny you should ask....

All the long-time forum members know I have a singular penchant for a maker whose work is rare, and he has all but fallen off the planet. Still, I find his work to be completely recognizable and timeless.

Of course I am referring to Hill Pearce, who stopped making knives around 1990. He shared tables with the late Jim Schmidt, and studied forging under Sid Birt. His work creating black-powder rifles in the late seventies made his transition into knifemaking relatively easy.

I have a network of friends and dealers who are on the lookout for HP pieces as they surface. Rare that they do. A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from dealer/maker Dan Piergallini again. He had a gem....

In my conversations with Hill (He's still doing well, retired in Alabama), he once mentioned an ivory folder that was one of his faves. I haven't connected with him yet to verify, but I will.

It has all the typical Hill Pearce amenities: Chisel clip, fluted long bolster, his trademark filework, superfine cuts surrounding the fluting and on the lock tab. And it has a few surprises: Look at the little carving on the head of the bolster and the front of the lockback, as well as that cross.